You know, I actually READ the title as having said 'Perreault requests trade'. I was so happy.

Then I read the thread.

Damn i read it the same way!

If Perreault finds himself back in the pressbox sometime soon, i fully expect him to request a trade. The fact that he's in the final season of his contract will likely make him that much less patient.

Hopefully some of these rumors that Edmonton is interested comes true. Personally i think Perreault (much like Dopita) would be a disaster in Edmonton...but hey if they want him...

Pednault always exagerates(hes atrociously biaised towards Quebec) and he actually makes up stuff but he says it in a way that its believable. The fact that he writes for the crappiest sports journal Le journal de Montreal only confirms this.

But the fact is that Pedneault is'nt a crappy journalist... He is one of the rare good ones with Mattias Brunet... Pedneault never exagerate and always give the real facts... And the facts are that the attendance decrease, the fans are totally speachless watching a such boring show... The fact is that Claude Julien does'nt have any chances to have success with a such skilless, heartless AHLers bunch of fowards...

Pedneault is asking for a trade just because that's what the fans want and it's obvious... Before he lose all the fans who pay the big price to see that ****, I suggest him to seriously hear at what Pedneault has to say!

When a GM starts listening to journalists it's not a good sign. I have confidence in Gainey. This team is just under .500, not the end of the world. I wouldn't make any moves. The only players that have value our the prospects, and that would be a step back. Ride out the season with the overpaid vets, let try and move them for late picks if possible.

Its simple, Gainey is a GM you can trust to make the right move. That says a lot compared to many of the other GMs in the league, or from the past. (Houle, A.Savard even Serge Savard a little) Serge made some bad moves, but he was not afraid to pull off a blockbuster, and its simply what we need. I would not be surprised if we make several blockbusters over the season, cause Gainey has the guts to do so. He knows he has all the confidence from people working around him.

Gainey is currently waiting for the Habs to start playing well. Fans want the players traded when they play bad, but other GMs want them playing well. Gainey will eventually get the job done, there is no rush, its not like we'll win the cup this year. Playoffs are still a possibility.

Don't worry Pednault, we will have a totally different team going into next year. TOTALLY!

This is a crappy, crappy team that is hardly worth watching. Certainly not worth spending a large amount of money to watch. If Gainey doesn't do something to make the team more interesting, the fans are just going to give up. I pretty much have.

All the hoopla about the prospects is pretty much unfounded. There are no future stars in the system. A few competent NHL players perhaps, but no stars. They had a chance with Komisarek, but I think they blew it. If they had left him at Michigan for another year or two, they could have had a dominant player. Kosticyn will be mediocre at best.

Yeah but I agree with you that I would'nt trade our kids, that's for sure... But to me Pedneault was talking about our useless veterans...

I don't think they are untradable... For exemple, a guy like Perreault makes near 3 million a year... If nobody want to pay his whole salary, then eat a part of it... Even if we eat around 1.5 millions, the kid who would take his place would be an upgrade, an improvement and it would finally cost us less money to play thie kid than Perreault!

But if Perreault is a ECHLer skill wise, what GM what take him even if we eat 1.5M (1.5M is around what it would cost to buy him out) :p

This is a crappy, crappy team that is hardly worth watching. Certainly not worth spending a large amount of money to watch. If Gainey doesn't do something to make the team more interesting, the fans are just going to give up. I pretty much have.

All the hoopla about the prospects is pretty much unfounded. There are no future stars in the system. A few competent NHL players perhaps, but no stars. They had a chance with Komisarek, but I think they blew it. If they had left him at Michigan for another year or two, they could have had a dominant player. Kosticyn will be mediocre at best.

This is a crappy, crappy team that is hardly worth watching. Certainly not worth spending a large amount of money to watch. If Gainey doesn't do something to make the team more interesting, the fans are just going to give up. I pretty much have.

All the hoopla about the prospects is pretty much unfounded. There are no future stars in the system. A few competent NHL players perhaps, but no stars. They had a chance with Komisarek, but I think they blew it. If they had left him at Michigan for another year or two, they could have had a dominant player. Kosticyn will be mediocre at best.

Pedneault is asking for a trade just because that's what the fans want and it's obvious... Before he lose all the fans who pay the big price to see that ****, I suggest him to seriously hear at what Pedneault has to say!

A GM is supposed to make trades to try and improve the team, not because the fans want one.

Should Gainey make a deal even if a good one is not available?

Somehow I can't see Bob Gainey panicking in his office, phoning everyone in the league to deal, muttering to himself "I gotta make a trade, any trade, the fans AND Yvon Pedneault want me to...."

1.5 million/1 year is'nt a big risk... A team like Atlanta could be interested considering theor situation... If we buy out him it's 2/3 of his salary I think, I little more than the half but Gainey will never do that anyway... Perreault is Québécois....

1.5M is what it would take to buy out Perreault. It's 2/3'rds of his 2.8M contract minus what he's been paid so far = around 1.5M give or take. But it was more of a joke at you saying all the time about Perreault and the ECHL. Perreault won't be bought out, traded hopefully, but not bought out.